Parklands & North Gosforth
WardEast Newcastle upon Tyne. About 9,521 people (mid-2024 estimate) in 7.4 square kilometres.
Radon Affected Area by ward
Worked out by Open Index · 2022
About 0% of people in Parklands & North Gosforth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
How Parklands & North Gosforth compares
Each dot is a ward. The black line marks the middle one.
Is Parklands & North Gosforth safe? What police records show
In the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded crimes and anti-social behaviour in Parklands & North Gosforth at a rate of 28.7 per 1,000 people.
That compares with 118.7 per 1,000 people across Newcastle upon Tyne.
Across England as a whole, the recorded crime rate was 96.3 per 1,000 people.
In August 2026 alone, 24 cases of crime and anti-social behaviour were recorded in Parklands & North Gosforth.
In the 12 months to August 2026, the most common types were other crime (67), violence and sexual offences (53) and anti-social behaviour (52).
Worked out by Open Index from police.uk crime records and ONS and NISRA population estimates.
Rates are per resident, so places that many people work in or visit, such as Westminster, the City of London and other city centres, have far higher rates than their residents alone would suggest.
Figures for the whole of Newcastle upon Tyne
These figures are published for the whole of Newcastle upon Tyne, not for each ward, so they describe all of Newcastle upon Tyne and not Parklands & North Gosforth alone. See Newcastle upon Tyne
Parklands & North Gosforth in brief
Parklands & North Gosforth had 9,180 usual residents at the census.
About 0% of people in Parklands & North Gosforth live in a 1 km square that the radon atlas marks as a radon Affected Area.
In Parklands & North Gosforth, 97.5% of homes and businesses could get gigabit-capable broadband in January 2026.
In Parklands & North Gosforth, 1.0% of residents aged 16 to 64 were claiming out-of-work benefits in August 2026.